Microsoft Teams | Front Row Enhancement: Active video speaker promotion for Teams Rooms on Windows

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.19 includes updates to Front Row experience to promote active video speakers to the spotlight area to improve space utilization and provide in-room users with immersive experience across single and dual display configurations.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161825.

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Microsoft Teams | Support Joining a Teams Live Event as Attendee for Teams Rooms on Windows

The latest version of Teams Rooms on Windows app 4.19 update includes the support joining a Teams live event as an attendee.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 169881.

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REMINDER: Viva Pulse Customization Control Migration

The customization control in the Viva Pulse Admin Experience will soon be managed through centralized feature access management in Viva through PowerShell. This customization control provides admins the ability to turn on or off customization capabilities for survey authors to add their own questions to existing stock templates or edit existing stock questions. With centralized feature access management, admins can configure access at the tenant level, group level (using AAD groups or M365 Groups), or at the user level, for maximum flexibility.

When this will happen:

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macOS name change: Microsoft Teams to Microsoft Teams classic MDM Impact

With the recent GA of New Teams on Mac, there are changes that impact the management of some tenants regarding new Teams and Microsoft Teams classic (formerly Microsoft Teams). New Teams, now with the app name Microsoft Teams (work or school), exists side by side on macOS with Microsoft Teams, now with the app name Microsoft Teams classic. Via an in-app toggle, users can seamlessly switch between New Teams and Microsoft Teams classic.

However, there are implications for tenant administration that have arisen that administrators should be aware of.

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Power Automate – Licensing action required for non-compliant flows

Premium flows without premium license and premium flows not in the context of Power Apps or Dynamics 365 apps are subject to enforcement. Please review this article for details on enforcement and timelines.

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Microsoft Search: Video Search in Bing, Office.com, and SharePoint

This is a follow up to MC541645 (April ’23) and apologize for the delay in communication.

Our new Video tab will improve video search in your organization by having a dedicated place to search through OneDrive, SharePoint videos. This Video tab will appear on Microsoft Search in Bing/Office and SharePoint. Updates to the experience in Stream will come at a later time.

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What’s new in Test Base for Microsoft 365: September 2023

New capabilities are here for Test Base for Microsoft 365. It’s a service that allows you to test your applications against Windows feature and quality updates in a Microsoft-managed environment. Starting September 26, 2023, you can test your applications on Windows 11, version 23H2 and you can do so using Custom Image. Join the Test Base community and express your interest in the private preview of two new features: Test Base Chat and testing apps for Windows on Arm. 
 

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Loop components in Channels and Loop Embed Mode in Teams

Loop in Channels: Collaborative Loop components that you love from Teams chats are coming to channels! Users can create, share, and edit components to collaborate synchronously and asynchronously on ideas without leaving the context of their conversation. You can now copy and paste Loop components between channels, chats, Outlook emails, and other supported Microsoft 365 apps. No matter where people are collaborating the Loop, the component will always show the latest updates.

You can create a new Loop component in a Post or Reply by composing a message and clicking “Collaborate with Loop”. Loop components created in Teams channels are stored in the channel’s SharePoint site allowing people in the channel to access the component and making the component easy to find later. If a component is created and sent within the channel, you can access it in the Files tab. If a component is pasted and sent within the channel, you can access it from within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (ex. OneDrive, Office.com, etc).

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Microsoft 365 app: Copilot in Microsoft 365 Loop

Copilot in Loop helps you unlock the power of shared thinking—co-create, get up to speed, and stay in sync with your teammates. Now you can iterate with Copilot collaboratively as a team, co-create prompts, generate tables to help organize team projects, catch up where your teammates left off, summarize page content, and generate a recap for a teammate you’re handing work off to.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot-loop

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Microsoft Teams: Priority account chat controls (Premium)

Administrators will be able to manage priority account chat controls using a policy setting.
This enables end users to decide how to handle unwanted internal communications. End users will be notified about chats from new contacts, giving them a choice to accept or block the conversations. If conversations are blocked, all future messages from the sender will no longer be received.
Senders can be unblocked at anytime by the users with these policies. This feature is available with a Teams Premium add-on license.

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